Hallo David, OK, I'm interested to know more.
Suffice to say that most on the list will not be in on this, because most make CS with distilled water for control purposes. I think most 'generators' used by list members have both current control ( to control the rapidity of the process ) and end point control to shut off at some predictable strength. Where I live distilled water is very precious, rare and very expensive. One needs a Doctors precription in order to buy 500ml. Years ago I wanted to get into making and selling colloidal silver and approached bulk distilled water manufacturers for the pharmaceutical and beauty products industry. Took a sniff, commented that it smelled like boiler water and the answer was "yes, we get it from the power station." So I gave that a miss due to the probable contamination by all the boiler water treatment nasties carried over. I am interested in your process, particularly the filtering. How and why etc. What do you test for? At present my water is municipal too. It is fairly clean, tasty, and soft, but is faintly cloudy out of the tap sometimes which is most probably mainly an iron floc load . I'm very interested to know how you deal with iron in the water. I have stopped developing my device, It is current control at 1mA per square inch, Use your own egg timer. 250ml (a cup) is ready in 2 to 5 minutes. And for that for me is more than enough for a weeks use. Maybe I should make a 'generator' for finer quality CS at a lower current density. I'll check how low I can go. OK, Tony Moody On 20 Feb 2015 at 11:07, Debra & David wrote about : Subject : CS>Highly ionic CS. > Jason and Tony. > > I'm reluctant to mention the medium because it will sound completely crazy > and I wanted to experiment for a bit longer but here goes... Its my > ordinary tap water. > > Its ordinary fluorided, chlorinated, filtered mains water of about 440uS > or 250 ppm. It varies in quality from day to day but the important thing > to note is that it has been filtered to remove all particles. It has no > TE. > > I've made a number of very high ppm batches in this stuff. Various sizes > from 250 mls to 2 litres. My (Faraday) calculated ppm is usually at least > 200 ppm (sometimes much higher) but the water remains crystal clear, does > not go yellow, grey or black even sunlight. I NEVER GET A significant > T.E. and and the uS has increased by up to 100 uS. > > I understand this is counter-intuitive. Impure water has been a no no for > a long time. The usual expected result is that the silver ions will > rapidly combine with the dissolved salt to create silver chloride > particles and a white mess. And yes that is what happens if you use too > much current, such as 3 batteries or a 12v wall wart. But I'm using a > constant 1mA or less (thats very important) and for some reason the Ag+ > is not combining with with the Cl-. > > I believe that for some reason the saturation point of Silver in this > medium is far higher than in distilled water. I dont know if its unique > to my water its or its a common phenomenon. I'm now experimenting using > distilled water with various levels of salt added. > > Please try the experiment yourself in your own filtered town water (or any > non distilled water) if you have a constant VERY LOW current generator. > I'd be very interested to hear your results. > > > David. > > > > > Right, I'll bite! > > For a start : > > * What size rods are you using? > * and what volume of water? > > * What is the water quality? > > > OK, > Tony > > On 20 Feb 2015 at 0:17, Debra & David wrote: > > > Hi David: > > Did you run the batch with a meter in-line to verify the stability of > > the current? ~Jason > > > > I'm using a Silverpuppy/Silverwell. Current controlled to 1mA, give or > > take a few microamps. (I have a meter running in line with a batch > > right now. Says .969 mA. Close enough I'd say. > > > > David. > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
